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#318 - Physics & Philosophy

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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Levels of Insight and Emergent Phenomena

Different levels of analysis provide different insights into a phenomenon./nThe physical level may not always provide the understanding sought./nPianos emerge at a higher level and are predictable based on the arrangement of micro structures./nA piano is essentially a collection of atoms connected in a specific way./nConsciousness remains a perplexing phenomenon that cannot be fully understood at the micro level./nSubjective feelings like pain are not explained by physics.

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